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Embedding projects in multiple contexts – a structuration perspective
Projects are embedded in multiple systemic contexts, e.g. organizations, interorganizational networks and organizational fields, which jointly facilitate and constrain project organizing. As projects partly evolve in idiosyncratic ways as temporary systems, embedding needs to be understood as a continuous process linking projects to their environments. Using structuration theory, this paper argues that projects get embedded in multiple systemic contexts through the constitution of the very structural properties – tasks, times, and teams – that guide project activities. This implies that project constitution and embedding are inseparable systemic processes. This perspective on project constitution and embedding further elaborates a practice-theoretical understanding of temporary organizing.
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International Journal of Project ManagementISSN
0263-7863Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
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1Volume
26Page range
30-37Department affiliated with
- Business and Management Publications
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2019-09-24First Open Access (FOA) Date
2019-09-24First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2019-09-24Usage metrics
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